Egyptian authorities on Wednesday extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein by four days. Hussein was arrested on December 20. His detention was originally supposed to expire on January 4 and January 19, but his arrest was extended 15 days each time. Egypt’s interior minister has accused him of “incitement against state institutions [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued an order on Thursday that enjoins two subsections of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday by the Arab-American Civil Rights League , and “ll Plaintiffs have either been denied ability [...]

The Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on 25 individuals and companies connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program and those providing support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force on Friday. The sanctions came after President Donald Trump’s administration warned Iran that the test launch of a ballistic missile was not to be tolerated. [...]

The US Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel released a memorandum Thursday approving of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict immigration refugee entry into the US. The document outlines the actions the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies will need to take: suspending the US Refugee Admissions Program, developing uniform screening standards, [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) “acted ‘arbitrarily and capriciously'” in enacting rules for presidential debates. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted the motion for summary judgment filed by plaintiffs, including the Green Party and the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) , and ordered [...]

South Dakota lawmakers on Thursday repealed an anti-corruption measure that was approved by voter referendum in November. According to Yes22 , the organization which helped mobilize voter support for the referendum, IM 22 aimed to “improve transparency and accountability rules for lobbyists and big money interests.” Shortly after repealing IM 22 by signing House Bill [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday that Myanmar security forces’ treatment of the Rohingya Muslims likely constitutes crimes against humanity . Interviews with Rohingya refugees reveal that security forces murdered children, pushed people into burning buildings and raped women, among other crimes . UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [...]

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted to repeal an Obama-era gun regulation that required mental health information to be shared with the national gun background check system. The Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 was a Social Security Administration (SSA) regulation published in December designed to restrict the mentally ill [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit Thursday accusing the Trump administration of violating the religious freedom of nationals from the seven nations named in President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order . The suit , filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California , alleges the executive [...]

Judges for the UK High Court dismissed a claim brought by the Single Market Justice campaign , which argued that members of parliament should be given a vote on Britain leaving the European Economic Area . The campaigners asserted that since leaving the EEA was not specifically on last June’s ballot, it must be voted [...]